Cyperus indecorus var. indecorus Boeckeler

Perennial herb, tufted, 0.11-0.45 m high, base pseudobulbous. Leaf blades 1.5-4.1 mm wide, V-shaped. Culm scapose, obscurely 3-angled, 0.6-2.2 mm in diam. Inflorescence an anthela of 2-9 shortly cylindrical spikes, each 9-22 x 6-14 mm. Subtending bracts 3-7, leaf-like. Spikelets laxly spaced, linear, 3.8-9.0 x 0.5-1.3 mm, 1-2-flowered. Glumes tightly imbricate, ovate when flattened, 2.5-5.1 mm long, keel non-excurrent. Flowering time Dec.-Apr. Nutlet narrowly elliptical to narrowly obovate, straight or ± curved, 1.3-2.4 x 0.4-0.7 mm, 3-angled, red-brown, surface puncticulate or finely reticulate.